Ok then, my methodological criticisms aside. What of the specific issues I raise re potable water, food production and energy production.
Going 'look 3d printer' hardly does much to answer that.
The Malaise of Wealth: Transition to Post Scarcity
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by Revenant » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:29 pm
Player Piano view of technology, denigration of service industries, and lack of solutions to fundamental practical questions.
Who started this thread again?
....oh....right.
Who started this thread again?
....oh....right.
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by Boris Johnson » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:34 pm
Put far more succinctly. Thank you gentlemens.
P.S Rev thanks for that, player piano trying to think of the name for that was driving me nuts
P.S.S do watch the video though.
P.S Rev thanks for that, player piano trying to think of the name for that was driving me nuts
P.S.S do watch the video though.
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by The Dharma Bum » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:42 pm
How can you possibly draw the conclusion that this has anything to do with being anti-technology?
The entire point is that technology is rendering human labor obsolete. Man, talk about rank stupidity.
The entire point is that technology is rendering human labor obsolete. Man, talk about rank stupidity.
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by The Dharma Bum » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:45 pm
And the fact is I am representing to side of realism. This is inarguably already happening.
The idea that our current capitalistic social order can be retained in the face of the massive changes that are happening is the worst kind of idealism.
The idea that our current capitalistic social order can be retained in the face of the massive changes that are happening is the worst kind of idealism.
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